US EditionIran designated as a state sponsor of wrongful detention, Rubio says
Marco Rubio announced Iran's designation as a state sponsor of wrongful detention, enabling sanctions and travel restrictions to pressure Tehran to release detained Americans.
- On Friday, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio designated Iran as a state sponsor of wrongful detention, invoking the Executive Order to Protect U.S. Nationals from Wrongful Detention and the Countering Wrongful Detention Act of 2025.
- Rubio wrote that, 47 years ago, Ayatollah Khomeini endorsed hostage-taking, and Iran has a long pattern of detaining foreigners for leverage.
- Rubio warned the U.S. may consider additional measures, including a potential geographic travel restriction on the use of U.S. passports, and urged Americans in Iran to leave immediately.
- Rubio added that `We encourage it to do so,` while President Donald Trump said he was disappointed with negotiations and warned `sometimes you have to use force`.
- Positioning this legally, Rubio said, `the move could change diplomatic leverage and travel` as tensions mount and Iran's nuclear talks occurred on Thursday.
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday declared Iran a state sponsor of illegal detentions. This does not in itself entail sanctions, but it does mean additional pressure on a country that Washington has threatened with military attack, but Rubio predicted that a ban on the use of US passports for travel to or from Iran could follow.
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US labels Iran state sponsor of wrongful detention
In a statement on Friday, the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, accused Iran of unjustly detaining American nationals for political leverage. The post US labels Iran state sponsor of wrongful detention appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.
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WASHINGTON, Feb 28 — The United States yesterday designated Iran a “state sponsor of wrongful detention,” its first such move under a new blacklist that could eventually result in a travel ban.The step comes as the United States builds up its military near Iran and threatens to strike over concerns led by its disputed nuclear programme.“The Iranian regime must stop taking hostages and release all Americans unjustly detained in Iran, steps that c…
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